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Communication: Courses
COMMUNICATION (COMM)
1111 Introduction to Mass Communication
Prerequisite: Communication studies, interdisciplinary studies, and
undeclared majors only.
An overview of print and electronic mass media with illustrations of opportunities available in the area of communication. Students gain an overall understanding of the media before focusing on specific aspects of it in subsequent courses and evaluate their interests and goals as they relate to mass media careers.
1211 Introduction to Electronic Media
Prerequisite: Communication studies, interdisciplinary studies, undeclared majors only.
Designed to introduce the first-time student to electronic media and eagle broadcasting.
1213 Communication II: Oral Communication
Prerequisite: ENGL-1123 with a grade of C or better.
Study and practice of communication behavior in a variety of situations, focusing on interpersonal and public communication. Media literacy for presentations (PowerPoint, etc.) will also be included.
1311 Acting Workshop
Requires 60 hours in rehearsal and performance in a facultydirected campus dramatic production. Consent of director is required.
1321 Technical Theater Workshop
Prerequisite: COMM-1411 or instructor consent.
Requires 60 hours of backstage work in a faculty-approved campus theater production.
1341 Newspaper Workshop
Prerequisite: COMM-2113 or instructor consent.
Supervised work on the student newspaper with some instruction. To receive credit, a student must work at least 60 hours.
1351 Advanced Newspaper Workshop
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing and COMM-1341.
Same as COMM-1341, but for juniors and seniors. To receive credit, a student must work at least 60 hours.
1371 Broadcast Workshop
Prerequisite: COMM-1211.
For those involved in the operation and management of Eagle Radio or Eagle Cable. The course includes implementation and development of broadcasting skills and techniques. To receive credit, a student must work at least 60 hours.
1381 Advanced Broadcast Workshop
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing and COMM-1371.
Same as COMM-1371 but for juniors and seniors. To receive credit, a student must work at least 60 hours.
1391 Interactive Media Workshop
Prerequisite: Only Interactive Media Majors only.
Implementation and development of interactive media skills and techniques. To receive credit, a student must complete a project or projects requiring at least 60 hours.
1411 Introduction to Play Production
The student will be introduced to technical theater production through a series of hands-on workshops. These workshops will introduce the student to theater lighting, sound, set building, props, costuming, make-up, house management and
publicity.
1412 Stage Movement
A basic course in body awareness and physical performance. By using an activities approach, this course will address habitual patterns of body usage, achievement of a neutral body, increased body awareness, the use of breath in movement, the use of the body to communicate and styles of physical performance.
2023 History of the Theater
A course which begins with the development of theater as a form of worship and populist entertainment and traces its development through the centuries to early 21st century.
2113 Media Writing
Prerequisite: ENGL-1123.
An introduction to writing skills, with attention to writing news, features, broadcast, public relations and advertising.
2213 Voice and Articulation
Prerequisite: COMM-1213.
An application of phonetics to the improving of articulation, vocal patterns, and vocal performance.
2223 Stagecraft for Theater and Television
Prerequisite: COMM-1411.
A basic introduction to the construction of stage scenery, props, stage lighting and sound for theater and television. Using a hands-on approach, the course is of special value to the theatre and television student, as well as the art student preparing to work in art galleries or the advertising design student interested in working in the media of theater and television.
2313 Acting I
Introductory approach to acting through body and voice development. Participation in the campus theater activities is required. Acting I is a course in acting fundamentals. The course focuses on two broad areas: 1). the actor’s approach to a role, and 2). the develop of the actor’s instrument: voice and body.
2413 Basic Photography
A course designed for students who need a working knowledge of photography in their chosen profession. Enrollment is limited to specific majors. The course will emphasize composition and content. No darkroom work is required. Digital cameras are allowed if the camera features manual overrides of automatic settings.
2513 Communication Theory
Special attention to various types of communication theory and research, including interpersonal, public and mass communication. A unit on the history of communication study is included.
2613 Media and Society
An introduction to the relationship between the mass media and the culture in which it operates. Major theories of how the media work are introduced. This intermediate course helps prepare students for subsequent courses in news reporting, video and audio production, advertising and public relations.
2813 Advertising Principles
Prerequisite: COMM-1111.
Designed to introduce the student to the history of advertising and its role and function today. The course focuses on timely case studies about advertising today. Students also analyze an ad campaign.
2823 Public Relations Principles
Prerequisite: COMM-1111.
Study of the function and procedures of public relations with attention to methods of gaining public support for an activity, cause, or movement. The course includes fundamentals of public relations copy for varied media and channels.
3113 Business and Professional Communication
Prerequisites: COMM-1213 and Junior standing.
Special attention is given to communication theories as they apply to a variety of business and professional settings, including conflict management, leadership, team management and professional speaking situations.
3123 Oral Interpretation
Prerequisite: COMM-1213 or permission of instructor.
Study and practice in the oral interpretation of literature.
3133 Costuming and Makeup
A study of the design and construction of stage costumes and a study of makeup. Laboratory – hours.
3213 Stage Directing
Prerequisite: COMM-2313.
Fundamentals of the director’s craft. Each student directs a one-act play as the semester project.
3223 Theater Design
Prerequisite: COMM-2223.
Intended to prepare a person to work in the visual media of
theater, television or film. Students learn about a wide variety of materials and methods to visualize and execute a design for theatrical productions. The course is a study of design principles and drafting techniques applicable to all areas of production design.
3323 Organizational Communication
Prerequisite: COMM-2513.
An examination of the functions of communication in the organizational setting, with emphasis on the application of recent research and theories to the analysis of communication in organizations.
3333 Group Communication
Prerequisite: COMM-1213.
A study of the communication patterns and dynamics of small groups. Special attention is given to organizing, participating in and evaluating group discussions.
3343 Advertising Copywriting
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Designed for journalism and broadcasting students to teach the art of writing commercial copy for radio, television and newspaper. This course complements courses in journalism and broadcasting which emphasize the writing of news. Students also develop an ad campaign.
3353 Interpersonal Communication
Co or Prerequisite: COMM-2513.
An application of interpersonal communication theory and research to the study of developing relationships and family communication. Course topics include listening, non-verbal communication, conflict management, and gender differences in communication.
3453 Broadcast News Production
Prerequisite: COMM-2113 and prerequisite or corequisite: COMM-3643.
Supervised writing to meet the professional demands of organizing and presenting information for broadcast.
3523 Reporting and Editing News
Prerequisite: COMM-2113.
An upper-level, project-based class designed to teach the basic skills of information gathering and editing for the current media environment. Students will be encouraged to “package” stories in a format that enriches their own portfolio with a strong emphasis on the acquisition and editing of information in the course content.
3543 Public Relations Case Studies
Prerequisite: COMM-2823.
A study of public relations as currently practiced by corporations, institutions and government. The course includes practical experience in the procedures of media relations and training.
3633 Audio for Media
Prerequisite: COMM-1211 OR ARTS-2223.
Theories of audio production for both broadcast and nonbroadcast applications. Dual and multi-track styles, analog and digital equipment and computer editing are used.
3643 Video for Media
Prerequisite: COMM-1211 or ARTS-2223.
An orientation to the equipment and technical operations involved in video composition and digital non-linear editing for broadcast and non-broadcast applications. Students will apply composition and editing theories to several productions during the term.
3653 Television Field Production
Prerequisite: COMM-3643.
Involves more advanced television production techniques with a focus on production for broadband delivery systems, such as broadcast and cable. Examines closely the theories appropriate to quality television production.
3703 Computer Graphics for Broadcast
Prerequisite: ARTS-1103 and COMM-3643.
Use of software (Aftereffects and Photoshop) in the creation of motion graphics for broadcast and multimedia.
3723 Interviewing and Listening
Prerequisite: COMM-1111 and Junior standing.
Provides the student with the understanding and skills necessary
for a variety of interviewing situations, including radio and television. Students are taught listening skills and how to implement these techniques for more effective interviews.
3733 Media Marketing and Sales
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Stresses understanding of basic media tools such as radio and television ratings analysis; national rating services and rate cards; media buying for specific demographic targets; and the use of various media as marketing vehicles.
3743 Public Relations Methods
Prerequisite: COMM-2823 or instructor consent..
Designed to survey the commonly used communications tools in public relations with emphasis on how to work with them. Students will learn to design questionnaires, create annual reports, arrange press conferences, script slide shows and perform other public relations functions that require special expertise.
3823 Feature Writing
Prerequisite: COMM-2113.
Continuation of COMM-2113, including lectures and labs in interviewing, feature writing, opinion writing, investigative journalism, sports and other specialized areas of journalism.
3913 Preparation and Delivery of Religious Speeches (Homiletics)
Prerequisite: COMM-1213.
A study of the theory, practice and evaluation of the preparation and delivery of sermons and religious speeches. (Same as BIBL-3913.)
4103 Modern Drama
Same as ENGL-4813 when the genre offered is modern drama.
4203 Acting II
Prerequisite: COMM-2313
Acting II is a follow-up course to the basic acting skills learned in Acting I. Matters of characterization and style are not covered in Acting I because these are not beginning subjects in acting. cting II builds on the fundamental skills developed in Acting I in two ways:
1) by developing techniques for building a character, and 2) by stressing the application of different styles of acting to period and modern plays for presentation as audition and performance pieces. dditionally, emphasis is placed on portfolio development.
4113 Persuasion
Prerequisite: COMM-2513
An examination of classical and contemporary theories of social influence with an emphasis on the practical applications of these theories in politics, advertising, religion, and interpersonal communication.
4513 Administrative Aspects of Electronic Media
Prerequisite: Junior standing.
A study of the programming theories of radio, television and cable services and of the management structures of those services. Programming simulation is included.
4631 Senior Seminar in Communication
Prerequisites: communication or mass communication major and senior status.
Resumes and resume tapes or CD- ROM will be prepared by the students.
4633 Intercultural Communication I
A survey of the basic concepts of how people communicate effectively across cultural boundaries, with special attention to the problems faced by language instructors. (Same as ENGL-4633, MISS-4633 and SOCI-4633.)
4713 Media Law
Prerequisite: COMM-1111 and Junior standing.
Looks at past and current legal decisions that shape the role of the media in society today. The course also examines the legal aspects of both the print and electronic media and also the role of the regulatory agency on the electronic media.
4723 Media Ethics
Prerequisites: COMM-4713 and Senior standing.
Designed to introduce the student to the ethical decisions that must be made by both the practitioners and the consumers of the mass media. It is designed to supplement the legal course
and give the Christian a higher standard of performance.
4773 Advanced Homiletics
Prerequisite: BIBL-3913 or COMM-3913.
A study of the writing and presentation of sermons, with emphasis on effective public communication. The course also studies analysis of sermons and preparation of a major sermon to be delivered before the Bible faculty. (Same as BIBL-4773.)
4810 Special Studies
An advanced, in-depth study of a particular problem area of mass communication. Content varies, and course may be repeated. (1-3 hours)
4820 Media Practicum
Prerequisites: instructor consent.
Practical experience designed to acquaint the student with a specific area of the media in order to assist the student in achieving career objectives. 1-2 hours credit, depending upon the number of hours worked each week.
4830 Communication Practicum
Prerequisites: instructor consent.
Practical experience designed to acquaint the student with a specific area of the communication field in order to assist the student in achieving career objectives. 1-2 hours credit, depending upon the number of hours worked each week.
4900 Independent Study in Communication
Prerequisites: instructor consent.
Requires a creative project involving the student in a deeper study of some area of communication. Guided readings or research project based on prospectus is presented by the student after consultation with the instructor. The course may be taken by juniors and seniors with approval by the departmental chair after consultation with the instructor.
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"I believe that the liberal arts should free the mind, the body, and most importantly, the human soul. Oklahoma Christian's mission is to incorporate all three of these pursuits in a safe, high-quality learning environment." Dr. Huddleston received the Graduate Research Excellence Award from Oklahoma State University. He is also the Performance and Book Review Editor for Ecumenica Journal Theatre Performance.
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